Father: Jeremiah Meacham, b.1759, d.1829 Otsego Co., NY..
Mother: Cloe Jennings, b.1758, d.1851 Otsego Co., NY..
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b. about 1787
d. before 1828, either in NY. or MI. (i.e. before the remarriage of his wife, on 02-Nov-1828)
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1st husband of Patience "Palina" Wallace, b.1794, d.1875.
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After his death, his wife remarried to his brother, Jesse Meacham. b.1791, d.1868.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH [Excerpt from BIO of his brother]: "In 1828, he {Jesse Meacham -ed.} was married to his brother's widow. He never had children of his own, but her three sons stood to him, in their place, and he was to them, a father. Soon after his marriage, he removed to Lodi, {Lodi Twp., Washtenaw County} Mich., bought a farm, and remained there about eight years. In the fall of 1835, having sold his farm, he decided to look farther west before again locating."
SOURCE: "History of Walworth County, Wisconsin: Containing an Account of Its ...", pages 553, 554, 555, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, published by Brookhaven Press, 1882.
Source [link]: books.google.com/books?id=5QMrAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA553&
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"Marriage Record"
SOURCE: Washtenaw Co., MI - marriages, M-2
Source [link]: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZMW-NHS
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[Excerpt from a BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH about his grandson]: William Pitt Meacham the first white native of Troy, was a son of Urban Duncan Meacham and Prudence Geddes, a grandson of James Meacham and Patience Wallace, and an adoptive son of Major Jesse Meacham, who had married his brother's widow, and adopted her three sons. Pitt was born at the site the of the village September 27 1836 and died there November 3, 1911.
SOURCE: "Proceedings ... of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin", Issue 60, page 65, by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
Source [link]: https://books.google.com/books?id=4PsWAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA65&
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CHILDREN (3 sons are known, with Patience Wallace):
- Urban Duncan Meacham, b.1816, d.1892.
- Edgar Meacham, b.1818 NY., d.1856 Troy, Walworth Co., WI..
- [Name?] Meacham, b.????, d.????.
Mother: Cloe Jennings, b.1758, d.1851 Otsego Co., NY..
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b. about 1787
d. before 1828, either in NY. or MI. (i.e. before the remarriage of his wife, on 02-Nov-1828)
---
1st husband of Patience "Palina" Wallace, b.1794, d.1875.
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After his death, his wife remarried to his brother, Jesse Meacham. b.1791, d.1868.
---
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH [Excerpt from BIO of his brother]: "In 1828, he {Jesse Meacham -ed.} was married to his brother's widow. He never had children of his own, but her three sons stood to him, in their place, and he was to them, a father. Soon after his marriage, he removed to Lodi, {Lodi Twp., Washtenaw County} Mich., bought a farm, and remained there about eight years. In the fall of 1835, having sold his farm, he decided to look farther west before again locating."
SOURCE: "History of Walworth County, Wisconsin: Containing an Account of Its ...", pages 553, 554, 555, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, published by Brookhaven Press, 1882.
Source [link]: books.google.com/books?id=5QMrAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA553&
---
"Marriage Record"
SOURCE: Washtenaw Co., MI - marriages, M-2
Source [link]: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZMW-NHS
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[Excerpt from a BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH about his grandson]: William Pitt Meacham the first white native of Troy, was a son of Urban Duncan Meacham and Prudence Geddes, a grandson of James Meacham and Patience Wallace, and an adoptive son of Major Jesse Meacham, who had married his brother's widow, and adopted her three sons. Pitt was born at the site the of the village September 27 1836 and died there November 3, 1911.
SOURCE: "Proceedings ... of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin", Issue 60, page 65, by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
Source [link]: https://books.google.com/books?id=4PsWAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA65&
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CHILDREN (3 sons are known, with Patience Wallace):
- Urban Duncan Meacham, b.1816, d.1892.
- Edgar Meacham, b.1818 NY., d.1856 Troy, Walworth Co., WI..
- [Name?] Meacham, b.????, d.????.
Father: Jeremiah Meacham, b.1759, d.1829 Otsego Co., NY..
Mother: Cloe Jennings, b.1758, d.1851 Otsego Co., NY..
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b. about 1787
d. before 1828, either in NY. or MI. (i.e. before the remarriage of his wife, on 02-Nov-1828)
---
1st husband of Patience "Palina" Wallace, b.1794, d.1875.
---
After his death, his wife remarried to his brother, Jesse Meacham. b.1791, d.1868.
---
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH [Excerpt from BIO of his brother]: "In 1828, he {Jesse Meacham -ed.} was married to his brother's widow. He never had children of his own, but her three sons stood to him, in their place, and he was to them, a father. Soon after his marriage, he removed to Lodi, {Lodi Twp., Washtenaw County} Mich., bought a farm, and remained there about eight years. In the fall of 1835, having sold his farm, he decided to look farther west before again locating."
SOURCE: "History of Walworth County, Wisconsin: Containing an Account of Its ...", pages 553, 554, 555, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, published by Brookhaven Press, 1882.
Source [link]: books.google.com/books?id=5QMrAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA553&
---
"Marriage Record"
SOURCE: Washtenaw Co., MI - marriages, M-2
Source [link]: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZMW-NHS
---
[Excerpt from a BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH about his grandson]: William Pitt Meacham the first white native of Troy, was a son of Urban Duncan Meacham and Prudence Geddes, a grandson of James Meacham and Patience Wallace, and an adoptive son of Major Jesse Meacham, who had married his brother's widow, and adopted her three sons. Pitt was born at the site the of the village September 27 1836 and died there November 3, 1911.
SOURCE: "Proceedings ... of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin", Issue 60, page 65, by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
Source [link]: https://books.google.com/books?id=4PsWAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA65&
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CHILDREN (3 sons are known, with Patience Wallace):
- Urban Duncan Meacham, b.1816, d.1892.
- Edgar Meacham, b.1818 NY., d.1856 Troy, Walworth Co., WI..
- [Name?] Meacham, b.????, d.????.
Mother: Cloe Jennings, b.1758, d.1851 Otsego Co., NY..
---
b. about 1787
d. before 1828, either in NY. or MI. (i.e. before the remarriage of his wife, on 02-Nov-1828)
---
1st husband of Patience "Palina" Wallace, b.1794, d.1875.
---
After his death, his wife remarried to his brother, Jesse Meacham. b.1791, d.1868.
---
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH [Excerpt from BIO of his brother]: "In 1828, he {Jesse Meacham -ed.} was married to his brother's widow. He never had children of his own, but her three sons stood to him, in their place, and he was to them, a father. Soon after his marriage, he removed to Lodi, {Lodi Twp., Washtenaw County} Mich., bought a farm, and remained there about eight years. In the fall of 1835, having sold his farm, he decided to look farther west before again locating."
SOURCE: "History of Walworth County, Wisconsin: Containing an Account of Its ...", pages 553, 554, 555, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, published by Brookhaven Press, 1882.
Source [link]: books.google.com/books?id=5QMrAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA553&
---
"Marriage Record"
SOURCE: Washtenaw Co., MI - marriages, M-2
Source [link]: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZMW-NHS
---
[Excerpt from a BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH about his grandson]: William Pitt Meacham the first white native of Troy, was a son of Urban Duncan Meacham and Prudence Geddes, a grandson of James Meacham and Patience Wallace, and an adoptive son of Major Jesse Meacham, who had married his brother's widow, and adopted her three sons. Pitt was born at the site the of the village September 27 1836 and died there November 3, 1911.
SOURCE: "Proceedings ... of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin", Issue 60, page 65, by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
Source [link]: https://books.google.com/books?id=4PsWAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA65&
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CHILDREN (3 sons are known, with Patience Wallace):
- Urban Duncan Meacham, b.1816, d.1892.
- Edgar Meacham, b.1818 NY., d.1856 Troy, Walworth Co., WI..
- [Name?] Meacham, b.????, d.????.
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